I am having serious problems with my Gateway GM5084 Desktop, and I believe its the bios.
My computer suffered “little sister syndrome”, she got on PC, and it became ill with nasty little viruses. It sat for awhile and I decided to try and fix it.
I tried to start it about two weeks ago, wouldn’t start. I removed the battery, still no luck. Finally, I removed my expensive HD video card, and it worked.
I formatted, installed XP and it restarted. It gave me errors messages, had problems booting, and so many more headaches. I tried this about 6 times.
Finally, I said screw Windows and stuck my Ubuntu 9.04 disc in. It installed and boots fine. Now however, if I try to access my wireless card, it freezes the computer.
I just had this same copy of Ubuntu on my other PC with the same exact wireless card and no problems what so ever.
A tech said I had some virus that spread all over and prob. into the CMOS, but Gateway is trying to charge me $60 to tell me how to fix this problem ( see if I buy another Gateway again you a$$holes ). They replied to my support three times with the same message, which lead me to believe they made me wait about an hour each time and a bot simply made the reply.
I couldnt find anything on my Bios, and it’s pissing me off. So, I am hoping one of you nice people can help me out, in return, I will thank you. I know, it’s very cheap of me.